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The Kamehameha butterfly (Vanessa tameamea) is one of the two species of butterfly endemic to Hawaii, the other is Udara blackburni. [1] The Hawaiian name is pulelehua.This is today a catch-all native term for all butterflies; its origin seems to be pulelo "to float" or "to undulate in the air" + lehua, "reddish", or "rainbow colored", probably due to the predominant color of the Metrosideros ...
Vanessa is a genus of brush-footed butterflies in the tribe Nymphalini.It has a near-global distribution and includes conspicuous species such as the red admirals (e.g., red admiral, Indian red admiral, New Zealand red admiral), the Kamehameha, and the painted ladies of the Cynthia group (formerly a subgenus): Painted lady, American painted lady, West Coast lady, Australian painted lady, etc.
Kamehameha Day, public holiday in Hawaii on June 11; Fort Kamehameha, former United States Army military base; King Kamehameha (horse) (foaled 2001), Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire; USS Kamehameha, Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine; Kamehameha butterfly, a species of butterfly endemic to Hawaii
Pipturus albidus, known as māmaki (sometimes waimea, for its resemblance to olomea [1]) in Hawaiian and known as Waimea pipturus in English, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to Hawaiʻi. It inhabits coastal mesic, mixed mesic, and wet forests at elevations of 60–1,830 m (200–6,000 ft).
(state butterfly) Heliconius charitonius: 1996 [13] Georgia: European honey bee (state insect) Apis mellifera: 1975 [14] Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio glaucus: 1988 [15] Hawaii: Kamehameha butterfly: Vanessa tameamea: 2009 [16] Idaho: Monarch butterfly: Danaus plexippus: 1992 [17] Illinois: Monarch butterfly: Danaus ...
As adult butterflies, this species prefers to feed on nectar produced by a number of plants. They are particularly fond of the nectar offered by butterfly bush, lantana, phlox, milkweed, dandelion ...
This species’ males can be easily identified as they are colored bright yellow with four black tiger-like stripes on the forewing. An Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, South Carolina’s ...
Butterflies of Oceania — butterfly species of Lepidoptera native to the countries, ... List of butterflies of Tokelau; A. ... Kamehameha butterfly; L.